I’ve known and worked with several patriotic Americans who also happened to be Muslim. I think the difference is they weren’t born in repressed Arab countries, but came here from modern parts of India, Egypt, Ghana, and the Philippines. They were also college educated, tech-savvy guys who were taught to take the Koran symbolically, not literally. Hence they are moderates, not fundamentalists. And to be honest, I’ve had more heated disagreements with Hindus and Catholics than with these guys, who were thoughtful and open minded, welcomed opposing viewpoints, and most of all were happy to be in the US.
As Michael Savage points out, there is a lot of common ground between moderate Islamic values and American social conservatism. We should be glad for that because it helps our side, even if just a little.
These guys I knew were happy to let their wives drive cars, kids eat at McDonalds etc. for which they caught heat from other Muslims in their mosque. But they stood their ground, and each said the same thing: we’re in America, and this is the American way.
As for terrorism: yes, it is definitely a divisive issue within the American Islamic community. It’s just not something they talk about openly, for obvious reasons. At least one friend of mine told me he had been approached by provocateurs in his mosque who wanted him to join the jihadi cause. He told them to pound sand. Another told me there was a serious split in his mosque between the African moderates and the Pakistani fundamentalists they shared the mosque with, and they were looking for a new worship space. A lot of them were doctors, scientists, and computer programmers who want nothing to do with jihad and just want to peacefully co-exist as free Americans with a shared African heritage.
That ideological split is the source of the violent inter-Islamic fighting all across modern Africa. In the past, African Muslims have traditionally been more moderate and willing to co-exist with their Christian and Animist countrymen, until recent times when violent jihadists and fundamentalist youth gangs started attacking villages and slaughtering everybody they considered infidels. But western media doesn’t acknowledge the true nature of this inter-Islamic war, which is coming from the Arab side of the African population.
Make no mistake, a large proportion of the victims of the Arab-African jihad are moderate Muslims, as well as Christians and Animists. We’re all infidels in the eyes of the fundamentalists.
Sorry, newbie but you could not be more wrong!
islam is an evil, satanic death cult.
There is no such thing as "moderate islam". That's like saying satan has a moderate side.
Newbie, you're exposed as a leftwing supporter of satan and his death cult...now get the hell out of here!!!!
RaveOn
Since Apr 21, 2014
These guys I knew were happy to let their wives drive cars, kids eat at McDonalds etc.
Do moslems believe eating food prepared in the same kitchen with pork products is “Halal” or “Haram?”
....”there is a lot of common ground between moderate Islamic values and American social conservatism. We should be glad for that because it helps our side, even if just a little”....
Well you can believe your post if you want to..but you’ve been deceived more than you realize. Nobody thought Obama would be where he is today nor doing what he’s doing.....now imagine when the Muslim population increases within our Government. ....do you think your Muslim friends will oppose the Islamification of this nation?...can you honestly say they won’t support that and the demand for Shariah law in our country?
Fortunately, we have outspoken people like Brigitte Gabriel who easily expose your own dangerous foolishness, and your lies.
For anyone who is considering buying the dangerous nonsense in the post I’m responding to, go up thread for a link to the video.